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First name origin & meaning:

Old English: Wise counsel

First name variations: Alfredo, Ailfrid, Alfeo, Alfric, Alfie, Alfrid, Allie, Elfred, Fred, Freddie, Alfred

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. North German: from a reduced form of Adolf.
  2. Scandinavian: from the personal name Alf, a short form of any of several personal names formed with alf ‘elf’ as the first element.